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Examples of renown in a Sentence
Noun
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
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Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2024
Paul, who gained renown as a YouTube celebrity and has only ten fights to his professional credit, was born in 1997, the same year that an over-the-hill-seeming Tyson was disqualified from a title bout for chomping on Evander Holyfield’s ears.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
The resulting cycles of exposure to the greater world of skin care — not only the dermatologists who study it, but the brands that control it, and the people who crave it — have conspired to make Dr. Day a physician of some renown.
—Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 21 Mar. 2024
And yes, Shehadeh knows of the Blond Bomber’s renown in the ring.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
Science has its vaunted self-corrective impulse, but even so, few working scientists—and fewer still of those who gain significant renown—will ever really cop to their mistakes.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
As her renown increased, the media amassed a vast collection of anecdotes, brimming with rhetorical brilliance.
—Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
In 1974, at the height of his creativity and professional renown, unusually prolific architect Norman Jaffe completed a sprawling residence in the prestigious estate section of Long Island’s high-brow village of Old Westbury that’s now on the market for $13.5 million.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024
While Carewe’s renown extended well past his actual career, his baby brother Wallace was stealthy as a tortoise.
—Erik Himmelsbach-Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Stephen Kinzer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
The old man in the piazza is experiencing something utterly alien to him: renown.
—Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
Hixson started out as a florist, and became world-renown as a designer, teaching classes across the country and in Europe and Japan.
—cleveland, 31 Dec. 2022
By hook or by crook, certainly by force of personality and not a wealth of resources, each one clawed his way to renown, carrying with him the language and character and history of the neighborhood.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2022
Green, 32, is renown for his volatile nature on the court.
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2022
But here’s a refresher: Massimo Osti founded the company in 1971, gaining renown by infusing military-style construction into everyday wear.
—Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2022
The collective included a handful of hardware, software and wireless tinkerers who won renown for issuing public warnings about security flaws in programs.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022
Historically, the village was renown for its iris production whose scent was prized at the court of Catherine de’ Medici.
—Cathy Huyghe, Forbes, 22 June 2022
Noun
Nevertheless, Ringgold did not achieve widespread renown until more than a decade after the American People series.
—Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2024
Paul, who gained renown as a YouTube celebrity and has only ten fights to his professional credit, was born in 1997, the same year that an over-the-hill-seeming Tyson was disqualified from a title bout for chomping on Evander Holyfield’s ears.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
The resulting cycles of exposure to the greater world of skin care — not only the dermatologists who study it, but the brands that control it, and the people who crave it — have conspired to make Dr. Day a physician of some renown.
—Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 21 Mar. 2024
And yes, Shehadeh knows of the Blond Bomber’s renown in the ring.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
Science has its vaunted self-corrective impulse, but even so, few working scientists—and fewer still of those who gain significant renown—will ever really cop to their mistakes.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
As her renown increased, the media amassed a vast collection of anecdotes, brimming with rhetorical brilliance.
—Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
In 1974, at the height of his creativity and professional renown, unusually prolific architect Norman Jaffe completed a sprawling residence in the prestigious estate section of Long Island’s high-brow village of Old Westbury that’s now on the market for $13.5 million.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024
While Carewe’s renown extended well past his actual career, his baby brother Wallace was stealthy as a tortoise.
—Erik Himmelsbach-Weinstein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Verb
The Modern’s attention to his work helped set Mr. Botero on a path to renown.
—Stephen Kinzer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
The old man in the piazza is experiencing something utterly alien to him: renown.
—Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
Hixson started out as a florist, and became world-renown as a designer, teaching classes across the country and in Europe and Japan.
—cleveland, 31 Dec. 2022
By hook or by crook, certainly by force of personality and not a wealth of resources, each one clawed his way to renown, carrying with him the language and character and history of the neighborhood.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2022
Green, 32, is renown for his volatile nature on the court.
—Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2022
But here’s a refresher: Massimo Osti founded the company in 1971, gaining renown by infusing military-style construction into everyday wear.
—Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2022
The collective included a handful of hardware, software and wireless tinkerers who won renown for issuing public warnings about security flaws in programs.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022
Historically, the village was renown for its iris production whose scent was prized at the court of Catherine de’ Medici.
—Cathy Huyghe, Forbes, 22 June 2022
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“Renown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renown. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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